Storm reports for July 21, 2023

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On July 21, 2023, 21 hail, 151 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 19 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Meade County, SD. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 1,092 square miles containing about 10,000 homes.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.

Storm reports by state

Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail

Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail

Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.

Hail reports (21)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $664,000 in property damage, $700,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (173 events in 19 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Shelby County, TN (near Germantown) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $50,000
  “A tree was knocked onto a house in Germantown.”
• Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT (near Chaplin) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $40,000
  “In Chaplin, two cars were crushed by a falling 24-inch oak tree, which was uprooted. Multiple roads were closed in the area from fallen trees.”
• Hardeman County, TN (near Whiteville) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $25,000
  “A tree was knocked on a house on College Street in Whiteville. Widespread trees and powerlines down across Hardeman County.”
• Hardin County, TN (near Eureka) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $25,000
  “Trees were knocked down across Hardin County with widespread power outages.”
• Tipton County, TN (near Crosstown) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $25,000
  “Numerous trees were knocked down across the southern half of Tipton County. Powerlines were knocked down on Marshall Road in Atoka.”
• Lee County, MS (near Flowerdale) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $25,000
  “Multiple trees were knocked down throughout Lee County.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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